Posts by Stephanie Rose
Popfilter’s Foreign Flick of the Week
In which Stephanie Reviews a Film from Notmerica Sweden’s Let the Right One In Let the Right One In came out in 2008 and directed by Tomas Alfredson. It is the story of a lonely boy named Oskar who befriends a strange girl who moves in next door named Eli. There is something a little…
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In which Stephanie Reviews a Film from Notmerica Mexico’s Y Tu Mamá También (WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY) When I started telling people I was writing an article on this movie, their reactions ranged from, “Wow, that’s a really great movie!” to “Hey! That was the first movie I ever jacked off to.”…
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In which Stephanie Reviews a Film from Notmerica Germany’s Run Lola Run Released in 1998, Run Lola Run is arguably the most popular and recognizable German film in the United States. It tells the story of Lola, a free spirited woman who has to raise 100,000 Deutschmarks in 20 minutes to save her small-time…
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In which Stephanie Reviews a Film from Notmerica France’s The Past My last review of a foreign film, and this article’s debut, was of Kung Fu Hustle. I picked that movie for this feature’s first ever because I felt that it flew in the face of the stereotypes so commonly associated with foreign movies…
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China’s Kung Fu Hustle This article is a brand new feature here at PopFilter in which I review a foreign film that I think is worth watching. Foreign films are a little too, well, foreign. The United States has such a large and profitable movie industry and suffers from militant xenophobia which causes big Hollywood…
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Freaks and Geeks Episode IX: We’ve Got Spirit or Sam-I-Am a Mascot In this very special episode of Freaks and Geeks Daniel, Ken and Kim learn the meaning of school spirit and Neil shines as the school’s mascot. In many ways episodes nine is a part two to episode eight. The relationship between Nick and…
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Freaks and Drinks Episode VIII: Girlfriends and Boyfriends Or: “Freak Girls Go All the Way” This is Freaks and Drinks: the one and only article on the internet dedicated to bringing you a new drinking game for every episode of Freaks and Geeks. In this episode, the rubber hits the road on Nick and Lindsay’s…
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Freaks and Geeks Episode VII: Carded and Discarded Or “Got those under-aged drinking Blues†This is Freaks and Drinks, the article that brings you a new drinking game for each and every episode of Freaks and Geeks. This week we are looking at episode six, titled, Carded and Discarded, where Lindsay and the…
Read MoreThe “Walt has Skylar Pegged†Breaking Bad Theory: Next Sunday
Disclaimer: Please do not read if you are not completely caught up with this season’s Breaking Bad, this article contains lots of spoilers. Sunday’s episode of Breaking Bad was awesome because it truly inspired awe. All 40 minutes were absolutely enthralling. I spent the run with my heart pounding, shedding mournful tears for what has…
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Freaks and Drinks Episode VI: “I’m with the Band†or “The 29-Piece Drum Kit†Your Pop Filter presents Freaks and Drinks, a drinking game for each individual episode of Freaks and Geeks. This time we are doing episode 6 titled “I’m with the band,†in which Lindsay encourages Nick’s dreams and Sam embraces public nudity.…
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